Test 6 Flashcards

1
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What property is used to predict whether a bond is primarily ionic or primarilybcovalent

A

Electrnegativity

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2
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What is not a difference between compounds and mixtures

A

Compounds are always homogeneous, but mixtures are always heterogenous

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3
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What causes the bright, colored lines in the spectrum of glowing hydrogen gas

A

Electrons dropping from higher to lower energy levels

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4
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What does absolute zero equal

A

0 K and -273.15°C

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5
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What is a he heat required to cause a unit rise in the temperature of a unit mass of a given substance

A

Specific heat

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6
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What equation is the usual form of the ideal gas law

A

PV=nRT

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7
Q

What type of bond results from the sharing of four electrons

A

Double bond

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8
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What term refers to very hard substances, such as diamond, silicon carbide, and quartz, that contain covalent bonds but do not consist of discrete molecules

A

Covalent networks

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9
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What is a covalent bond in which the bonding electron pair is pulled closer to the more electronegative element

A

Polar bond

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10
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What does the uncertainty principle state about the position and momentum of small particles

A

Position and momentum cannot b3 precisely measured simultaneously

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11
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What determines an atoms identity as an element

A

Number of protons

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12
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What principle states the elements tend to react chemically to achieve a noble gas electron configuration, whether by losing, gaining, or sharing electrons

A

Octet rule

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13
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Characterized by the sharing of one or more electron pairs between two atoms

A

Covalent bond

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14
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Type of chemical bond present between atoms in such substances as CaBr2 and NaCl

A

Ionic bond

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15
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Characterized by the sharing of valence electrons with many neighboring atoms

A

Metallic bond

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16
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Tends to produce solids that are malleable and ductile

A

Metallic bond

17
Q

Type of chemical bond present between atoms in such substance as NO and CH

A

Covalent bond

18
Q

Characterized by the transfer of electrons from one atom to another

A

Ionic bond

19
Q

Type of chemical bond usually formed between a metal and a nonmetal atom

A

Ionic bond

20
Q

The second law of thermodynamics states that _____ of the universe is always increasing

21
Q

A molecule of CO2 in which two polar bonds point symmetrically in opposite directions is ____

22
Q

What is the speed of light in a vacuum

A

3.00x10 m/s

23
Q

A solid whose particles are characterized by a regular, repeating, three-dimensional pattern is an _____ solid

A

Crystalline

24
Q

Atoms that are of the same element but differ in the number of particles in the nucleus are ____

25
Kinetic energy is associated with an objects ____
Motion
26
What is the simplest repeating unit in a crystal?
Unit cell
27
Which of the three main particles that compose the atom has a negative charge
Electron
28
What term refers to a binding situation in which electrons are shared by more than two atoms
Delocalization
29
Which type of chemical formula is the simplest ratio of atoms in a compound
Empirical formula
30
How long is 2.54 cm
25.4 mm
31
In what category are the elements fluorine, bromine, and iodine?
Halogens
32
In what category are th elements magnesium, calcium, and barium?
Alkaline earth metals
33
What type of geometry does acetone (CHO), in which three bonding pairs of electrons are arrayed the central atom, have?
Trigonal planar
34
The ____ law of thermodynamics relates change in internal energy to heat and work
First
35
The ____ theory of light states that the light is electromagnetic waves traveling as bundles or “packets” of energy
Quantum
36
The mass of a substance per unit of volume is called____?
Density
37
A theoretical gas that exactly obeys the assumption of the kinetic theory would be called a ______ gas
Ideal
38
The outermost electrons in an atom, which are involved in chemical bonding, are called _____ electrons
Valence
39
The _____ cubic arrangement of atoms in a crystal has the least empty space of any cubic arrangement
Face-centered